In the argument “Tapping into Text Messaging” by Janet Kornblum, says teens, techies and other early adopters leading the charge to text say it is a great way to communicate when they are too busy to talk or when making a call would be rude or impractical. Just like being in the class room when there is an important incoming call, texting back is a more necessary way to get back to the person instead of disrupting the class and wasting learning time. Texting only takes a few seconds to do and could turn a 10 minute phone conversation into a 1 minute conversation. Text messaging can easily be discreet while being in the class room if turned off or on silent. As long as the student remembers to do so, their phone will not cause a distraction in class.
Rachel Reine English 101 Section 4 February 19, 2012 Internet Use in Teenagers In response to the new generation’s use of internet and lack of reading classic books, Amy Goldwasser defends the teenage reputation in her article “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” Goldwasser speaks of how the internet has expanded kids’ minds when it comes to school and themselves, also how this generation has more access than older generations due to the internet. Goldwasser claims that teenagers spending time online is overall good for them because they do read and write. The content, however, is not strong enough for educational purposes. A blog post about how to curl hair or how to pass the perfect spiral is not giving them any educational value. Whereas reading the local newspaper or reading a classic novel like “The Great Gatsby” by F Scott Fitzgerald would provide a more intellectual purpose.
So with this rapid rise in text messaging and it now being our new means of communication, is it hurting literacy in teens? Over the past couple years the debate over whether text messaging is hurting literacy in teens has held the spotlight for many literacy experts. According to Experts such as David Crystal and Jennie Bristow text messaging improves literacy and it is the lack education that is hurting literacy in teens not text messaging. For teens the use of text messaging is improving their literacy. Crystal believes texting may actually enhance our writing and spelling, and has little or no effect on our language as a whole.
The mainstreaming of the cell phone has made it possible to be in contact with the family at all times. Whether Dad needs to let the family know that he is running late due to heavy traffic, or Mom forgot to jot down the grocery list before leaving for the supermarket, the solution is just a phone call away. Breaking down on the side of the road is less distressful when help can be contacted quickly thanks to the cell phone in the car. The smart phone lets the consumer compare prices on the internet while at the store to ensure they are getting the best deal before they make that high dollar purchase. At first glance it seems it would be equally as beneficial for adolescents to have a cell phone to help parents stay in contact and keep track of them, but with a closer look at the negative effects that a cell phone can cause to a teen’s health, behavior, and education, it becomes clear that the possible detriments far outweigh any conveniences that a cell phone may offer.
Cognitive Dissonance Margaret Horner, Chantel Mcluskie, Melissa Harris, Shawn Estridge, Jeffery McGlothen PSY400 Adrian Fletcher July 23, 2012 This paper will cover the situation of texting while driving. You will meet a young woman who has received a text while she is driving. Although she knows that texting while driving is illegal, and dangerous, she will still reply to the text. Meet Mary Mary is on her way to work. As she is driving she hears a tune, and knows it is a text.
Texting and Driving The date was May 16, 2009. Amanda Umscheid was texting her sister Ashley, who was driving at the time. Ashley’s truck entered the median while she was reading the recently sent text message. She attempted to correct but ended up flipping her truck several times before being ejected from the vehicle. Ashley died on the scene.
#25 David G. Moody English 1 10-25-13 TEXTING AND ITS EFFECTS ON TEENS (Ethos) When texting first came out it wasn’t very popular, but now it seems that we can’t go a day without sending text messages. Text messaging is a very useful way to stay in communication with people, friends, and family. Although texting is useful, it can harm our social lives, it can affect our speech patterns and grammar. We see this change especially, but not limiting to teens. Teenagers have adopted texting as if it was natural.
Do we really need them? If you are a fast texter, do we really need a slow texter in our lives? My biggest pet peeve is slow texters. I admit that I was a slow texter before but I become a way faster texter less than a week unlike some people in my life where they take forever to text. People will love you more and appreciate you more if you text faster like less than a minute or two depending on what they wrote in the text.
Challengers article explains first that one of the easiest and most widely used signs of determining whether a person is capable of a job is his or her grammar. Misspelling and using poor grammatical mistakes can usually result in those letters of acceptance or applications being put into the “no” pile. The people who make these decisions usually relate them to the person having poor communication skills and someone who doesn’t pay attention to detail. Those seeking careers in writing and verbal communications are rare these days so people feel that it is not important to keep up with correct grammar. He talks a lot about this thing called nontraditional grammar which in younger generations the content of the message was far more important than the actual structure of what the message needed to say.
Texters often don’t acknowledge the proper uses of ‘s, s’, and s and use them improperly in their writing. Writing is starting to be more popular for students and statistics show that student now and writing more than students in the past have. Also students forget the proper use of periods and commas. Fifty percent of teens say that they sometimes use informal writing styles instead of proper capitalization and punctuation in their school assignments. When students send texts, they don’t use periods because they forget or don’t think they need them.